Murray
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Sir (George) Gilbert (Aimé) 1866–1957, English classical scholar.
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Sir James Augustus Henry, 1837–1915, Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
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Lindley 1745–1826, English grammarian, born in the U.S.
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Philip, 1886–1952, U.S. labor leader: president of the CIO 1940–52.
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a river in SE Australia, flowing W along the border between Victoria and New South Wales, through SE South Australia into the Indian Ocean. 1,200 miles (1,930 km) long.
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a city in N Utah, S of Salt Lake City.
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a town in SW Kentucky.
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a male given name.
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1st Earl of. See (1st Earl of) Moray
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Sir ( George ) Gilbert ( Aimé ). 1866–1957, British classical scholar, born in Australia: noted for his verse translations of Greek dramatists, esp Euripides
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Sir James Augustus Henry. 1837–1915, Scottish lexicographer; one of the original editors (1879–1915) of what became the Oxford English Dictionary
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Les, full name Leslie Allan Murray. born 1938, Australian poet; his collections include The Weatherboard Cathedral (1969), The Daylight Moon (1987), Subhuman Redneck Poems (1996), and The Biplane Houses (2007)
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Murray of Epping Forest, Baron, title of Lionel Murray, known as Len. 1922–2004, British trades union leader; general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (1973–84)
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Example Sentences
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In the 1970s and 80s, Neil Murray was a heavy metal guitar legend who played bass with some of the biggest rock bands on the planet.
From BBC
Murray in particular made his case to start alongside Liam Scales with Auston Trusty suspended for the next three league games.
From BBC
In their first major presentation since the layoffs, acting Chief Executive and Publisher Jeff D’Onofrio and Executive Editor Matt Murray held a staff meeting Wednesday in which they described years of overspending and declining productivity.
“Most employers wouldn’t say this, but some like it because the relationship tends to be more transactional,” says Keith Wolf, managing partner of recruiting firm Murray Resources.
Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said in January that the news organization was told that it and the reporter weren’t targets in the investigation.
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